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S. B. STANTON.

BRUSH HANDLE.

Patented'Oot. 2.3, y18.83.;

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SARAH B. STANTON, OF NEV YORK, N.,Y.'

BRUSH-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,187, datedOctober'23, 1883,

Application tiled April 24, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom iv' may concern:

Be it knownthat I, SARAH B. STANTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brush-Handles, ofwhich the following is a specification, refer- Ience being had thereinto the accompanying drawings. y

My invention relates to extensible handles for brushes and myimprovement consists in the constructions hereinafter pointed out andclaimed.

The object of my invention is to produce a brush with a sliding` handlewhich shall be extensible, so that the end of the brush which is mostused may be changed with relation to the handle, and one in which thehandle may be closed or nearly closed into the back of the brush.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan partly in section, of a brush withslidingv extensible handle, the handle. being in two pieces.- Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section of the same form of brush and handle. 3 is aplan, partly in section, of a bruslrbaclc with sliding extensible handlemade in one piece. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of a modification ofFig. 3.'

A represents the brush block or baclnwhich may be of any usual form andconstruction. I have shown an oval form as being well adapted toillustrate my invention. The bristles B are secured in this block in anywell-known manner. brush from end to end. This slot may be in thebrush-block proper, or in the cap or back, which is usually put on as aiinish to the block. In the slot b, I place a handle, c, madesomewhatlonger than the brush-body. Thislength may be obtained by makingthe handle in two parts, as at c c', so that the parts may slide oneupon the other and telescope, as it were, into the handle. The parts c chave stops d d at their inner ends, to engage with each other. They mayalso have slight projections lc k at their outer ends, which serve ascatches, by which the handle may be drawn out. Vhen the handle c c',made in two pieces, as shown in Figs. l and 2, is placed in the slot b,the stops -13 t" on the brush-back prevent the handle from sliding out.

A slot or groove, b, extends through the or groove, c2, extending nearlyits (whole length, and is held from slipping outl of the back by a screwor pin, e, passing through the slot and into the biuslrwood. The slotneed not extend entirely through the handle c, but may be merely agroove inthe back or face of and terminating near the ends of thehandle, and the screw or pin e may have a head projecting slightly intothis groove. At Fig. 4 I show this sliding handle in one piece, held inthe slot b in the brush-back by means of springcatches f, which haveprojections g, adapted to engage in notches h in the brush-back. The.spring-catches f may be secured to the handle c by screws or pins f f:

The operation of my device is as follows: When it is desired to closethe handle into the brush-block, the ends of the handle c are pressedin, and the handle is nearly or quite concealed in the brush-block. Todraw out the handle at either end, in the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3,it is only necessary to give a slight pull to that end of the handle,and as one end of the handle is drawn out the other will slide into thebrush-block. V,/lhe fit should be such that the parts will beheld inplace by friction. To draw outthe'handle, Fig. 4, the springs f mustboth be pressed in, raising projections g out of engagement with notchesz..

As shown in Fig. 3, the handle c has a slot The handle c is then slidalong until the catch y, which is within the handle, engages with thenotch hat the other end of the brush-back.

By my improved construction of handle, the handle may be shifted fromend to end of the brush as one end wears more than the other, thusenabling the brush to be used for a longer time than if one end onlywere subject to wear;

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tially as described, so as to be capable of inoving longitiidinally in aright line in the back and of projecting froni either end of the brush,as stated.

2. The combination, with the slotted or grooved back of a biuslnof aslidingihandle, as c c, made in two parts, said parts havingprojections, as Z d', which inay engage with each other, whereby theprojection of one part of the handle will draw in the other portion, asset forth.

3. The brnsh-back having,` groove or` slot b and projections or stops iat the end of v SARAH B. STANTON.

W'itnesses:

Holman STnTsoN, FREDERICK EGNER.

